QHO307 Group Technology Project Coursework Assessment Brief 2025/26

Coursework Assessment Brief

Assessment Details

Assessment Criteria

To support this assessment, class learning activities will cover teamwork theories with group tasks exploring current practical collaborative methods and building social capital.

The final summative assessment requires students to research the best approach to take when implementing a group project. Using this information, a 1500-word report will be produced which provides a formal and appropriately referenced literature review to present research findings.

Group work and collaborative practice is a broad field, so you should select a specific topic of interest within this area for your report. Here are some questions to help you narrow your focus:

1. Why is teamwork/collaboration important in academic and work environments?
2. What theories discuss teamwork/collaboration?
3. What are the current methods for team working?
4. How can software/apps support collaboration?
5. What are common issues encountered when working in a team?

These questions are intended as starting points; you do not need to address all of them. Choose one area that interests with you to guide your choice of a focused topic.

Suggested report layout using the template provided:

1. Coversheet/title page
2. Contents page
3. List of figures – For all visual elements included in the report and their sources
4. Introduction – set the scene of your research argument/question
5. Research & analysis which will be further broken-down into subsections
6. Conclusions
7. Referencing list – All sources used within the report
8. Bibliography – Other sources looked at, but not referenced to within the report
9. Appendices
10. Appendix – AI Usage Declaration

There will be an opportunity to research and write you report within the class sessions in the in the ‘Writers Workshops’ in week 7 & 8 with Tutor Support.

Use of AI in this Assessment

Generative AI is permitted at Solent University under specific conditions and must continue to follow the university’s rules around Academic Misconduct and the AI and Academic Integrity policy. In this assessment, you are allowed to use AI for the following tasks:

• Where you use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, these should only be used to improve readability and language of the work and not to replace key tasks such as coming up with a topic/project idea, doing you own research, making up results and conclusions.
• Using AI should be done with your own human oversight and control and all work should be reviewed and edited carefully, because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased.
• AI for Research: Students are encouraged to use AI to help identify key topics, suggest reading materials, or generate research questions. All AI-generated content must be verified by traditional sources. For example, if AI suggests a strategy for group project implementation, students should locate academic or peer-reviewed evidence to support or refute the suggestion.
• AI for Writing: AI may assist in generating ideas or organising content, but the final writing must reflect the student’s own understanding.

Ethical Use of AI:

• AI tools should be used as assistants, not as a replacement for independent research and critical thinking.
• Students must clearly document where and how AI tools were used in the research or writing process (e.g., indicating when ChatGPT provided a summary or suggested a research source).
• Failure to appropriately attribute AI usage or submitting AI-generated content without verification will be considered academic misconduct.

AI and Academic Integrity Policy

RE-ASSESSMENT ARRANGEMENTS – Refers & Defers:

Students who are referred in AE, will with the benefit of feedback rework the assessment and make good their assessment.

Deadline for resit coursework TBC

Learning Outcomes

This assessment will enable you to demonstrate in full or in part your fulfilment of the following learning outcomes identified in the Module Descriptor:

1. Recognise the basic principles, terms, concepts, and theories that support collaborative work practices.
2. Research and organise relevant information from a range of sources.
3. Apply given methods or procedures to analyse/address defined issues/problems.
4. Carry out set creative, practical, technical, work-related or scholarly tasks accurately, under supervision and according to guidelines.
5. Present information and data clearly in appropriate formats (including referencing).
6. Carry out an independent activity with guidance and support and undertake group tasks responsibly.

Living CV

As part of the University’s Work Ready, Future Ready strategy, you will be expected to build a professional, Living CV as you successfully engage and pass each module of your degree.

The Living CV outputs evidenced on completion of this assessment are:

1. Confidence in presenting & public speaking
2. Teamwork skills
3. Be able to do basic research and reference appreciate sources
4. Understanding of group work theories and methodologies such as Agile & Scrum

Please add these to your CV via the Living CV builder platform

Learning Outcomes

Important Information

Solent University Academic Regulations 2024-25

Late Submissions

You are reminded that:

i. If this assessment is submitted late i.e. within 7 calendar days of the submission deadline, the mark will be capped at 40% if a pass mark is achieved;

ii. If this assessment is submitted later than 7 calendar days after the submission deadline, the work will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero;

iii. If this assessment is being submitted as a referred piece of work, then it must be submitted by the deadline date; any Refer assessment submitted late will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero.

Assessment regulations

Extenuating Circumstances

The University’s Extenuating Circumstances (EC) procedure is in place if there are genuine short term exceptional circumstances that may prevent you submitting an assessment. You are able to self-certify for up to two assessment dates in any semester without supporting evidence for an extension of up to seven calendar days for coursework or to defer an exam to the resit period.

Alternatively, if you are not ‘fit to study’ (or you have used up your two self-certification opportunities), you can request:

• an extension to the submission deadline of 7 calendar days, or
• a request to submit the assessment at the next opportunity, i.e. the resit period (as a Defer without capping of the grade).

In both instances you must submit an EC application with relevant evidence.   If accepted under the university regulations there will be no academic penalty for late submission or non-submission dependent on what is requested.  You are reminded that EC covers only short-term issues (20 working days) and that if you experience longer term matters that impact on your learning then you must contact the Student Hub for advice.

Please find a link to the EC policy below:

Extenuating Circumstances

Academic Misconduct

Any submission must be your own work and, where facts or ideas have been used from other sources, these sources must be appropriately referenced. The University’s Academic Regulations includes the definitions of all practices that will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct.  You should check this link before submitting your work.

Procedures relating to student academic misconduct are given below:

Academic Misconduct

Ethics Policy

The work being carried out must be in compliance with the university Ethics Policy. Where there is an ethical issue, as specified within the Ethics Policy, then you will need an ethics release or ethics approval prior to the start of the project.

The Ethics Policy is contained within Section 2S of the Academic Handbook:

Ethics Policy

Grade marking

The University uses an numeric grade scale for the marking of assessments. More detailed information on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on the portal and in the Student Handbook.

Grade Marking Scale

Guidance for online submission through Solent Online Learning (SOL)

Online Submission